The workshop will take place at the Robben Island World Heritage Site, South Africa, 19 – 23 August 2019. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 April 2019.

The workshop aims to discuss ways to operationalise declarations and recommendations relating to the implementation of AU Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at and around World Heritage sites in Africa. The workshop also aims to find ways to implement the 2015 UNESCO Policy Document for the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention. The objectives of the workshop are:

To discuss the best implementation practices and principles on World Heritage conservation and sustainable development in Africa (primarily through the 2015 Policy and AU Agenda 2063)

To identify successful ways in which integrated approaches between the pillars of sustainable development have been implemented at World Heritage sites in Africa

To identify best practices and challenges in using heritage protection and management to address different SDGs in Africa

To identify best practices in sustainable and adaptive reuses of heritage towards building modelling mechanisms on the implementation of the 2015 Policy

To discuss performance indicators, methods and means for monitoring the localisation of the SDGs in Africa

To encourage dialogue and strengthen inter-sectoral/interdisciplinary forum on balancing conservation and sustainable development at and around World Heritage sites in Africa.